Author: Angelo Ciavarella
Date: 09:23:42 12/29/02
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On December 26, 2002 at 18:28:59, Mike S. wrote: >On December 26, 2002 at 09:52:12, Angelo Ciavarella wrote: > >>Is there any way to play two different chess programs on the same computer? >>If not, how can I keep both windows open at the same time so I can enter the >>moves? I am running Win 95 and using Fritz 5.32 and Chessmaster 5500. > >Unfortunately CM5500 doesn't support Auto232 AFAIK. With two programs which are >auto232 capable, you could autoplay them by connecting i.e. serial port #1 with >serial port #2 with a nullmodem cable, and configure the programs respectively. >I have tried that: it worked (although I'm not sure if it works on all comps >with all progs...) > >But when you want to enter the moves manually, it's easy: Simply switch between >the programs with Alt-TAB. Alt-TAB switches from one application to the next, in >Windows. > >IMPORTANT: Make sure that both do not ponder (do not use permanent brain), >because the CPU resources won't be shared 50-50. Especially Chessmaster is known >to take much more than 50% in these case (I don't know if this applies to latest >versions still, but I definetely read it often from previous one's). You'll >probably have to create a *custom Chessmaster personality*, where you can switch >pondering to off. Do the same also in Fritz' engine dialogue (F3) when playing >the two programs like that. Also, make sure that neither hash table size is too >big, IOW that both fit into your physical RAM, with (at least) ~30 MB reserve >for system and programs. > >Games on one computer with Chessmaster pondering, don't make any sense. Your >effort would be wasted. The opponent will get only a minimum of CPU cycles. I >read an endless number of newbie messages on rgcc asking, "why does Fritz always >loose against Chessmaster" just because of that reason. It always turned out >that these people had no idea of pondering and the resource sharing problem when >they simply switched between the chess programs without disabling the pondering >first. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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